#Player Safety

Articles (9)

• 🇺🇸 Tigers' Parker Meadows hospitalized after head-to-head outfield collision with teammate Riley Greene — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Detroit Tigers center fielder Parker Meadows has been sent to a hospital for overnight observation after a head-to-head collision with teammate Riley Greene

  Related: #Sports Injury, #Team Roster
• 🇺🇸 MLB teams pressure WBC managers to be careful with pitchers. Venezuela pushed back — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Venezuela manager Omar López went beyond the limit to help his nation win its first World Baseball Classic

  Related: #Sports Conflict
• 🇺🇸 Penguins' Evgeni Malkin suspended 5 games by NHL for slashing Sabres' Rasmus Dahlin — 07/03/2026 [USA]

  Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin has been suspended for five games for slashing Buffalo defenseman Rasmus Dahlin

  Related: #NHL Discipline
• 🇺🇸 Touching Base: MLB Teams Making Sure World Baseball Classic Stars Stay Healthy — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  MLB managers will be keeping a close eye on their players at the WBC, especially the pitchers.

  Related: #International Competition
• 🇺🇸 Browns' Hickman assaulted at New York hotel — 16/02/2026 [USA]

  Browns safety Ronnie Hickman was assaulted in the lobby of a New York City hotel early Monday morning, the team said.

  Related: #NFL Off-Season, #Incident Response
• 🇺🇸 Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba returns to Super Bowl after concussion evaluation — 09/02/2026 [USA]

  Seattle Seahawks star wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba returned in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl 60 after being taken to the locker room in the third quarter to be evaluated for a concussion

  Related: #Sports, #NFL
• 🇺🇸 5 Takeaways from Roger Goodell's Super Bowl Press Conference — 03/02/2026 [USA]

  Roger Goodell broke news about the NFL's international schedule, where things stand on an 18-game regular season and what he thought about Bill Belichick's Hall of Fame snub.

  Related: #NFL Expansion, #Hall of Fame, #International Growth
• 🇺🇸 British soccer union wants fewer headers for pros to protect players' brains — 03/02/2026 [USA]

  The Professional Footballers’ Association is set to announce the first comprehensive protocol to prevent CTE in British soccer players

  Related: #Brain Health, #Sports Regulation
• 🇺🇸 NFL Will Discuss Review For Player Safety Penalties Missed by Officials — 30/01/2026 [USA]

  The NFL says it will discuss using video review to assess penalties for player safety-related violations that are missed by officials.

  Related: #Technology in Sports, #Rule Changes